Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-02-14 Daily Xml

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Low-Flow Bypass Systems

In reply to the Hon. J.A. DARLEY (7 December 2016).

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change):

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation has received the following advice:

I am advised that 11 low-flow trial sites have been established across the Mount Lofty Ranges; four of these are in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management (NRM) area and seven are in the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM area.

These sites are being monitored in real-time and provide information about the volume of low flows released and the status of the landholders' dam.

Funding of $340,000 for the establishment of these trial sites was provided by both NRMĀ boards during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years. None of the trial sites are located on properties owned by NRM board members or their family members.